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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

promote

/pɹəˈmoʊt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
pro-mote
IPA
/pɹəˈmoʊt/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

Transitive verb

verb

To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

Transitive verb

verb

To encourage, urge or incite.

Transitive verb

verb

To elevate to a higher league.

verb

To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.

Transitive verb

verb

To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.

Transitive verb

verb

To move on to a subsequent stage of education.

Intransitive verb

verb

To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɹəˈmoʊt/
  • British English: /pɹəˈməʊt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

promotes (present, singular) promoting (participle, present) promoted (participle, past) promoted (past)

Derived Forms

copromote depromote mispromote oncopromoting overpromote promotability promotable promoteability promotee promotement promoter promotingly

Phrases

co-promote cross-promote promote to customer promote to Glory self-promote

Synonyms

dignify elevate uplift advance aggrandize ennoble exalt honor nobilitate prefer promote raise

Antonyms

demote relegate denigrate oppose assassinate asperse backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmirch besmear

Rhymes With

vote wrote note boat quote remote coat throat goat float devote afloat

Questions

How do you pronounce promote?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈmoʊt/.
What does promote mean?
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
Where does promote come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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